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RESOLUTION NO. 2009-052
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPROVING A REVISED HOUSING
ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares as follows:
A. The California Government Code requires every city to adopt a General
Plan. The Plan consists of several elements, one of which must be a
Housing Element.
B. The Housing Element, in general, must be revised periodically to incorporate
programs, polices and objectives designed to allow the City to meet its fair
share of the regional anticipated growth in housing demand.
C. Government Code section 65588, as amended, requires the City to adopt a
revised Housing Element.
D. Pursuant to state law, the Housing Element must include the following
provisions:
1. an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing
needs;
2. a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial
resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation,
improvement, and development of housing;
3. the identification of adequate sites for housing, including rental
housing, factory-built housing, mobilehomes, and emergency
shelters; and
4. adequate provision for the existing and projected needs of all
economic segments of the community.
E. Both the Redevelopment and Housing Commission, and Planning
Commission have considered the proposed Housing Element at a regularly
scheduled meeting or noticed public hearing, respectively, and
recommended that the City Council adopt the Housing Element.
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F. The proposed Housing Element has also been formally reviewed twice by
the California Housing and Community Development Agency (HCD). The
Housing Element was revised after the first comment letter, and resubmitted
to HCD. HCD, in its most recent comment letter, signed by Ms. Cathy E.
Creswell, Deputy Director, Department of Housing and Community
Development and dated August 28, 2009, states that the revised City's
Housing Element "will comply with State housing element law."
G. All statements and findings contained in the Housing Element and the
Request for Council Action dated October 19, 2009, are incorporated herein
by this reference as though fully set forth.
Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information
contained in the initial study and the negative declaration for ER No. 2009-51 prepared
with respect to this Housing Element. The City Council has, as a result of its
consideration, and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that,
as required pursuant to the Califomia Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State
CEQA Guidelines, a Negative Declaration adequately addresses the expected
environmental impacts of the Housing Element. On the basis of this review, the City
Council finds that there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the Project
will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council hereby certifies
and approves the negative declaration and directs that the Notice of Determination be
prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the County of Orange in the manner required
by law.
Pursuant to Title XIV, Califomia Code of Regulations ("CCR") § 735.5(c)(1), the City
Council has determined that, after considering the record as a whole, there is no evidence
that the proposed project will have the potential for any adverse effect on wildlife resources
or the ecological habitat upon which wildlife resources depend. The proposed project
exists in an urban environment characterized by paved concrete, roadways, surrounding
buildings and human activity. Therefore, pursuant to Fish and Game Code § 711.2 and
Title XIV, CCR § 735.5(a)(3), the payment of Fish and Game Department filing fees is not
required in conjunction with this project.
Section 3. The Housing Element is hereby approved and adopted, and shall be
made regularly available by the City's Planning and Building Agency.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
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ADOPTED this 19th day of October, 2009.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. FJ,etcher, City Attorney
By:
C~{ief A~~Stant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
Alvarez Benavides Bustamante, Martinez,
Sarmiento, Tinaiero, Pulido (7)
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers:
None (0)
None (0)
None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2009-052 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on October 19, 2009.
Date: l ~' ~~ ~~~ c= c
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Resolution No. 2009-052
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